A Touch of Taylor
Album by Billy Taylor
A Touch of Taylor | ||||
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Studio album by Billy Taylor | ||||
Released | 1955 | |||
Recorded | April 10, 1955 Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Prestige PRLP 7001 | |||
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A Touch of Taylor is an album by American jazz pianist Billy Taylor recorded in 1955 for the Prestige label.[3] The album was one of the first 12-inch LPs released by the label.
Track listing
All compositions by Billy Taylor except as indicated
- "Ever So Easy" - 3:16
- "Radioactivity" - 3:45
- "A Bientot" - 4:19
- "Long Tom" - 2:48
- "Day Dreaming" - 3:08
- "Live It Up" - 2:50
- "Purple Mood" (Al Collins) - 2:46
- "Early Bird" - 3:00
- "Blue Cloud" - 3:37
- It's a Grand Night for Swinging" - 2:59
- "Memories of Spring" (Willis Conover) - 3:54
- "Daddy-O" - 3:13
Personnel
- Billy Taylor – piano
- Earl May – bass
- Percy Brice – drums
References
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
- The Billy Taylor Touch (1951 & 1957)
- Billy Taylor Trio (1952 & 1953)
- Cross Section (1953 & 1954)
- The Billy Taylor Trio with Candido (1954)
- A Touch of Taylor (1955)
- My Fair Lady Loves Jazz (1957)
- The New Billy Taylor Trio (1957)
- Taylor Made Jazz (1957)
- One for Fun (1959)
- Billy Taylor with Four Flutes (1959)
- Warming Up! (1960)
- Interlude (1961)
- Kwamina (1961)
- Impromptu (1962)
- Sleeping Bee (1969)
- Urban Griot (2000)
- Billy Taylor Trio at Town Hall (1954)
- Uptown (1960)
- I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free (1967)